UPDATE: Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com suggests that the Orioles could be a surprise fit. While the two sides have talked in recent days, he acknowledges that this is more of a guess on his part. Long live the mystery team.

“Covelli has made up his mind,” said Comte, using Crisp’s given name. “Basically, we just have to let that team know.”

The Athletics are interested in re-signing Crisp, but Compte told Slusser than he has discussed his client with 13-14 teams this offseason. The Cubs and Dodgers have also been linked to the free agent center fielder in recent weeks.

Crisp, who turned 32 in November, batted .264/314/.379 with eight home runs, 54 RBI and a .693 OPS over 583 plate appearances in 2011. He tied Brett Gardner for the American League lead with 49 stolen bases.

fits perfectly. Werth stays where he is, and damage control when Prince ambles off to Bushland.
Awful slash but .260, 50 ribbies and 50 bags. 50 bags at the top of that lineup. wow.
Coco
Harper
Zimmerman
Morse
Espinosa
Ramos
Werth
Desmond

Hahaha, what a non-story. Slusser should go for broke and spin this out into a whole series. “Coco Crisp calls his family to let them know where they’ll be moving” ” Crisp seen smiling – is he going to a good team?” “Coco Crisp eats dinner, ponders his new employer.”

Seriously, this “journalist” couldn’t have waited until there was some actual news to report?

.314 is a little lower than usual for CoCo. His career is .330, which belongs nowhere near the top on a quality team, but is ok batting lower in the order. The speed is real, as is his very good defense.